Year Number of Ships GRT/LDT in millions

2012 230 1.80

2013 128 1.70
2014 218 11.00
2015 198 6.60
2016 220 9.20
2017 196 6.10
2018 190 8.00
2019 240 8.00
2020 140 6.40
2021 250 8.00
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2023 176
2022 112 weighing 11,45,234 tonnes.

Reported tonnage sold for dismantlement by major vessel type throughout Bangladesh in 2018 (in thousand gross tons)

Oil Tanker 5989

Bulk Carrier 1115
General Cargo 127
Container Ship 620
Gas Carrier 347
Chemical Tanker 43
Offshore Vessel 181
Ferries, Passenger
Others 210
Total 8632
ADVANCEMENT OF SHIP RECYCLING INDUSTRY OF BANGLADESH IN COMPARISON TO REST OF THE W

Year Number Of ship 00'LDT LDT

1981 12 1000.00 5000
1982 30 2100.00 5010
1983 45 2400.00 5020
1984 63 3000.00 5050
1985 63 3500.00 5100
1986 25 2300.00 5050
1987 28 2700.00 5030
1988 58 3000.00 5010
1989 32 2600.00 5080
1990 25 2200.00 5030
1991 40 3000.00 5150
1992 48 4700.00 9800
 1993 48 5000.00 11000
1994 58 7500.00 12000
1995 56 8000.00 16000
1996 57 7500.00 12500
1997 75 7800.00 10800
1998 60 9200.00 14000
1999 62 13000.00 17500
2000 60 7600.00 13000
2001 143 17000.00 12500
2002 87 15500.00 17500
2003 75 9900.00 12500
2004 128 12500.00 10000
2005 98 7400.00 8700
2006 174 13000.00 7500
2007 108 8300.00 7700
2008 180 18000.00 10000
2009 198 23000.00 12000
2010 102 13200.00 12300
2011 148 17000.00 12500
2012 238 28700.00 12400
2013 192 23600.00 11000
2014 212 17600.00 8900
2015 210 22500.00 10800
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Ship Recycle By major type in 2022 Thousads Of Gross Tonnage
Oil Tanker 1411.00
Bulk Carrer 1148.00
Ferriesh and Passanger ship 55.00
Chemical Tanker 53.00
General Cargo Ship 31.00
Container Ship 18.00
Liquid Gas Carrier 13.00
Other 74.00

Ship Recycle By major type in 2021 Thousads Of Gross Tonnage

Oil Tanker 4565.00
Bulk Carrer 2011.00
Ferriesh and Passanger ship 65.00
Chemical Tanker 150.00
General Cargo Ship 321.00
Container Ship 240.00
Liquid Gas Carrier 703.00
Other 15.00
Offshore Vessel 160.00
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Ship Recycle By major type in 2020 Thousads Of Gross Tonnage

Bulk Carrer 5254.00
Container Ship 160.00
Oil Tanker 616.00
Offshore Supply 125.00
Ferries 26.00
General Cargo 176.00
LPG/LNG 169.00
Chemical Tankers 12.00
Others 157.00

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Ship Recycle By major type in 2019 Thousads Of Gross Tonnage

Bulk Carrer 3426.00
Container Ship 1015.00
Oil Tanker 1271.00
Offshore Supply 92.00
Ferries 24.00
General Cargo 186.00
LPG/LNG 169.00
Chemical Tankers 17.00
Others 482.00

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MPARISON TO REST OF THE WORLD WITH OBSTACLES, ROOT CAUSES AND PROPOSITIONS (researchgate.net)

Year Gross Tonnage

2014 4420911
2015 8064926
2016 9484130
2017 6693292
2018 8581104
2019 6662774
2020 6911649
2021 7807253
2022 2561519
2023 3419191

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Year millions of gross tonnage
2018 6.26
2019 8.63
2020 6.68
2021 6.69
2022 8.03
2023 2.8

Number of Ship Dismental Per Year

Year
Ship Type 2009 2010 2011 2012

Bulk Carrier 55 20 92 130

Container 10 5 5 22
Ferry / Passenger Ship 15 2 3 2
General Cargo 23 12 20 36
Oil & Chemical Tanker 87 74 28 35
Other 1 2 1
Refrigetor Ship 3
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2014 26.05
2015 24.89
2016 34.05
2017 21.29
2018 25.4
2019 23.61
2020 20.4
2021 21.29
2022 11.45
2023 10.22

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2013 2014 2015

107 80 120
38 30 20
2 5 10
18 35 15
25 27 25
3 4 10
2 3
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 Year 2023 Year 2022
Total Ship Dismental 170 Total Ship Dismental 122
Total GT 3232593 Total GT 2927006
Total LDT 1074887 Total LDT 946848
Ship Type Number GT LDT Ship Type Number GT
Bulk Carrier 55 1332293 541648 Bulk Carrier 20 945581
Container 22 336229 141857 Container 28 286065
Ferry / Passenger Ship 5 29603 15318 Ferry / Passenger Ship 12 96544
General Cargo 53 346302 161352 General Cargo 15 212658
Oil & Chemical Tanker 22 931739 136467 Oil & Chemical Tanker 40 1359401
Other 12 252388 75231 Other 6 22765
Offshore Vessel 1 4039 2934 Offshore Vessel 1 3992

Year 2019 Year 2018

Total Ship Dismental 233 Total Ship Dismental 185
Total GT 7847299 Total GT 7930378
Total LDT 2566498 Total LDT 2388952
Ship Type Number GT LDT Ship Type Number GT
Bulk Carrier 54 3555172 948563 Bulk Carrier 16 510312
Container 52 1288473 535235 Container 23 380111
Ferry / Passenger Ship 8 108558 50375 Ferry / Passenger Ship 5 29063
General Cargo 56 1163439 413011 General Cargo 108 6241586
Oil & Chemical Tanker 37 1245258 391141 Oil & Chemical Tanker 20 614387
Other 11 322332 114830 Other 3 8454
Offshore Vessel 15 164067 113343 Offshore Vessel 10 146465

Year 2015 Year 2014

Total Ship Dismental 195 Total Ship Dismental 222
Total GT 6774950 Total GT 5615841
Total LDT Total LDT
Ship Type Number GT LDT Ship Type Number GT
Bulk Carrier 107 4923938 Bulk Carrier 89 3108811
Container 21 565467 Container 26 586007
Ferry / Passenger Ship 8 83920 Ferry / Passenger Ship 10 113573
General Cargo 29 374519 General Cargo 76 1475314
Oil & Chemical Tanker 8 243175 Oil & Chemical Tanker 9 156988
Other 13 132644 Other 9 111343
Offshore Vessel 9 451287 Offshore Vessel 3 63805
 Year 2021 Year 2020
al 122 Total Ship Dismental 254 Total Ship Dismental 144
06 Total GT 8036514 Total GT 6499774
48 Total LDT 2630893 Total LDT 1843449
LDT Ship Type Number GT LDT Ship Type Number GT
258733 Bulk Carrier 80 1528729 504823 Bulk Carrier 42 2063822
110902 Container 10 100688 52548 Container 13 165184
56656 Ferry / Passenger Ship 15 165388 94776 Ferry / Passenger Ship 6 55377
78876 General Cargo 30 1365743 399154 General Cargo 51 3188501
422994 Oil & Chemical Tanker 105 4766238 1491417 Oil & Chemical Tanker 16 821871
15690 Other 6 19374 11478 Other 11 188465
2997 Offshore Vessel 8 90354 76697 Offshore Vessel 5 16554

Year 2017 Year 2016

al 185 Total Ship Dismental 196 Total Ship Dismental 222
78 Total GT 6560330 Total GT 9553930
52 Total LDT 390250 Total LDT
LDT Ship Type Number GT LDT Ship Type Number GT
152537 Bulk Carrier 35 1523859 69598 Bulk Carrier 127 6340543
171223 Container 49 1557511 97768 Container 57 2476333
15318 Ferry / Passenger Ship 10 129161 19861 Ferry / Passenger Ship 4 53992
1784253 General Cargo 75 2649628 149410 General Cargo 23 236684
217898 Oil & Chemical Tanker 17 673841 33778 Oil & Chemical Tanker 5 236825
1329 Other 3 8623 5947 Other 5 207294
46394 Offshore Vessel 7 17707 13888 Offshore Vessel 1 2259

al 222
41

LDT
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774
449
LDT
550845
76089
21761
854369
261713
65720
12952

tal 222
930

LDT